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v, 1008 pages : portraits, illustrations ; 29 cm.
Contains profiles, contextual essays, historical images, and appendices that provide information about the 229 women who have served in Congress from 1917 through 2006.
Introduction. -- pt. I: Former women members. "I'm no lady, I'm a member of Congress": women pioneers on Capitol Hill, 1917-1934 ; Onto the national stage: Congresswomen in an age of crises, 1935-1954 ; A changing of the guard: traditionalists, feminists, and the new face of women in Congress, 1955-1976 ; Assembling, amplifying, and ascending: recent trends among women in Congress, 1977-2006. -- pt. II: Current women members. -- Appendices.
prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration of the U.S. House of Representatives, by the Office of History and Preservation, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives.
"An updated version of House document 101-238, entitled Women in Congress, 1917-1990''--introduction."
"Matthew A. Wasniewski, editor-in-chief"--Title page verso.
Also available via Internet from the GPO Access web site. Address as of 4/27/07: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-223/index.html; current access is available via PURL.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
United States congressional serial set ; serial no. 14903
House document (United States. Congress. House) ; 108-223